I wasn't real impressed by this beer. Kind of a bitter aftertaste. Nice golden color though, very little head. I thought I'd like this a little more as Brennan's has a great beer selection in their store. I might give it another shot though as my wife did really like it.

A - A tall pour puts up close to three fingers of totally white head but it sinks back down with some haste leaving it with almost no lace. The color is a crystal clear and fairly well carbonated pale straw yellow.

S - A light skunk haze forms then dissipates from this light aroma beer. Pilsner malts and a mineral water salt thing give it a slight feel of authenticity while the aroma, regrettably, has little hop contribution.

T - Hops really don't have much to do with this brew. The flavor is basically a pretty solid helping of pilsner malts. A subtle hint of minerals gives the flavor a hard edge.

Grabbed this one as an extra recently. Another gem that I had never heard of but decided to give a try last night with dinner. Served cold and poured into a pint glass, it was consumed on 10/06/2009.

The pour was nicely done, typical for the style with a crystal clear golden color and a big two inches of white head. Fell down smoothly leaving a decent amount on the sides and the bottom of the glass. Nice carbonation was apparent throughout the glass as well as rich bubbles of foam came whirling up to the surface. Aroma was lighter then I would have liked. Grain and bready malts with a light touch of pine in the background. Crisp and clean taste, lightly dry with little to no aftertaste involved here at all. Light on the palate and highly carbonated. Smooth, easy to drink, and relatively refreshing.

Overall a classic example of the style though nothing here is really sticking out to me in terms of setting it apart from the crowd. Still decent though and not a bad offering.

T - tastes of grain, lemon, and a bit of cereal. Pretty straightforward and clean. Also it is a bit more flavorful than your typical pislner. Finshes with a bit of grassy hops.

M - thin but well-carbonated

D - not my favorite pilsner, but it was decent enough. I was originally going to pass on this until the beer expert at Brennan's told me that this was brewed by Capital. I couldn't pass it down and I wasn't disappointed.

Pours a clear golden with large effervescent bubbles. Malty, bready aroma wit a kiss of hops. Medium-bodied mouthfeel that's soft from the carbonation. Initial flavor has a nice bready, maltiness to it. There's a slight fruitiness and nuttiness that exists in the middle. Hop bitterness toward the back is balanced nicely with the pilsner's malt sweetness. There's some graininess from the hops that emerges though. The crisp finish ends cleanly.

This is the first of Brennan's own label that I've tried and I have to say that it's a very solid and enjoyable pils. I should have expected no less from Capital Brewery.

Faded gold with a sparse cloud of fine yeast being buffeted by multiple streams of bubbles. The eggshell colored cap is the beer's best feature. It's frothily creamy and is impressively tacky. As it deflates, thick sheets of Swiss cheese-like lace are plastering themselves all over the glass.

I don't know if the nose is quite hoppy enough, but it's still a good one. It's nicely balanced between lightly sweet cereal grains and moderately musky noble hops. I'm guessing that Saaz and/or Tettnang are present... which isn't exactly going out on a limb.

Wisconsin Golden Pils is much hoppier than it smells. Prior to cracking the crown, my thought was that this would be a second-rate 'store brand' beer that Capital shied away from being associated with (since the brewery of origin is noted only by fine print on the neck label). I couldn't have been more wrong.

I like Golden Pils more than I like Capital's own Special Pilsner. Although, to be fair, I have to revisit that one now that I have more palate experience. There's just enough pils/pale malt to provide a solid platform from which the hops can do soaring, majestic swan dives. This is still a balanced beer, in a hopheaded sort of way. The flavor is sweetgrassy with a hint of zippy lemon zest. I have a feeling that my bottle is pretty fresh.

The mouthfeel is exactly where it ought to be for a German pilsener. It's midway between light and medium (probably favoring the latter) and has a creamy silkiness that is the mark of all well-brewed beer. This stuff was built to session.

While visiting Brennan's Farm Market last month, I couldn't pass up a few bottles of the 'house beer'. When I learned that it's brewed by Capital, I thought it had a chance to be pretty good. I never dreamed that it would be this good. If you find yourself in Madison, be sure to drop in for a sixer or two. This is good stuff.

Brennan's Golden Pils pours a hazy golden-amber beneath a frothy head of white that holds pretty well and leaves some very nice rings of lace throughout the glass. The nose is interestingly hoppy and malty with a kind of worty, grassy character that comes through in the flavor as well. The malt is very grainy and straw-like, and in combination with the grassy, spicy, and mildly herbal hops, it's very reminiscent of partially fermented beer. I immediately thought of a kellerbier, but it's a bit fuller and more malty than that. It's not sweet, but it has some residual maltiness to it. Solidly bitter, however, it still finishes dry with lingering notes of grassy, spicy, and herbal/mineralish hops.

I got this beer at Brennan's market in Madison, thinking they brewed their own. Later, closer inspection of the bottle revealed that this beer is made by Capital Brewery, and sold exclusively at Brennan's. This beer has a clear, dark golden color. There are lots of rising bubbles. Sweet malty aroma with herbal hops. The flavor is pilsner malt with a lemony citrus flavor. Turns bitter with slightly spicy German hops. This is no light on flavor pils. It's crisp and refreshing. Good version.

A nice honest pils from a good Wisconsin brewer, Brennan's (known, too, for their most excellent market).

Appearance: Truly golden (!), clean, with the right amount of CO2.
Smell: Fairly floral German hop aroma, and a little malty sweetness in the nose. Pleasant.
Taste: Very good. Starts with a complex, yet earthy, grassy malt sweetness, but finish with a dry hop flourish.
Mouthfeel: Wonderfully balanced for a pils, leaning towards being a more beefy lager beer slighly emphasizing the malt, but there's a enough reassurance in the dryness of the finish that you'd expect from a well-made pils.
Drinkability: Real nice. I had this fresh bottle after a dinner of spiced cod (paprika), and a Punjabi eggplant salad. Very tasty, and it the spot.

Pours a sparkling gold under a slight white foam.
Nose is grainy, grassy and subdued.
Saltine cracker dryness up front with a quick pang of fruity sweetness a la caramelized apples. Husky midsection is quelled by a alluring hop spice. Akin to a fleeting amalgramation of nutmeg, vanilla, rosemary and dried leaves. I figured this would be dumbed-down, but that is not the case.
Light bodied and immensely drinkable.

This is the rare beer that I will recommend from Brennan's, given its track record of mistreating their beers. But three months from now, these will be old like the rest of them. Nevertheless (and fresh), this is yet another worthy lager produced by Capital. Similar to, yet spicier than their Special Pilsner.